] On the night of Wednesday, August 27, two men dressed as
] computer technicians and carrying tool bags entered the
] cargo processing and intelligence centre at Sydney
] International Airport.

wow. oops.

The brazen airport computer theft that has Australia's anti-terror fighters up in arms - smh.com.au

] Chirac bet that even if the United States could win the
] war, it would need others to win the peace. Washington's
] call to the United Nations to help end the guerrilla
] violence plaguing Iraq suggests he was right.

I wonder if W. can spell hubris. Because he damn well better get rid of all of it. After the shenanigans we pulled at the beginning of the year, he's gonna have to get on his knees to convince our formerly friendly (now rightfully smug) allies to bail us out.

I'll say one thing, it takes some real sack to ask for help from the organization you publically called irrelevant only months ago... or maybe it just shows how bad you fucked up.

French suppress schadenfreude over U.S. Iraq woes

] Indeed, the number of troops wounded in action in Iraq is
] now more than twice that of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
] The total increased more than 35 percent in August --
] with an average of almost 10 troops a day injured last
] month.

some shit they aren't saying on most of the media outlets... apparently it only matters if you're dead, not if you lose an arm...

Number of Wounded in Action on Rise (washingtonpost.com)

] I think Mr. Bush has got so accustomed to dropping bombs,
] dropping jobs, and dropping lies, that he forgets when he
] is actually holding poor Barney, that you cannot drop
] dogs.

AHAHAHAHAHA. This is one of the funniest photos ever. Look at everyone's facial expression. The coach looks like he's saying "Daaammnn..." and the pure "Oh fuckfuckfuckfuckFuck" on bush's face is priceless.

politicalpunk.com

Sort of general look at the state of nanotech from a politicosocial standpoint.

Salon.com Technology | Nano Inc. vs. Nano Think

] Abortion Doc's Killer Expects 'Reward in Heaven' After
] Execution

I'm sure he'll get his wish.

] Abortion-rights groups worry that Hill's execution will trigger
] reprisals by those who share his steadfast belief that violence to
] stop abortion is justified. Several Florida officials connected to
] the case received threatening letters last week, accompanied by
] rifle bullets.

Nothing makes your point like a bullet, i guess.

FOXNews.com

HP doing neato nanoscale stuff...

Reinventing the Transistor

] Late this year the company plans to begin auctioning the
] best seats to concerts through ticketmaster.com.
]
] With no official price ceiling on such tickets,
] Ticketmaster will be able to compete with brokers and
] scalpers for the highest price a market will bear.
]
] "The tickets are worth what they're worth," said John
] Pleasants, Ticketmaster's president and chief executive.
] "If somebody wants to charge $50 for a ticket, but it's
] actually worth $1,000 on eBay, the ticket's worth
] $1,000."

Ticketmaster are the true terrorists.

Ticketmaster Auction Will Let Highest Bidder Set Concert Prices

Really good article about Sofia Coppola...

long, but worth it.

The Coppola Smart Mob

] A pizza delivery man told police he had been forced to
] rob a bank and asked authorities to help him minutes
] before a bomb strapped to his chest exploded and killed
] him.

that's just fucked up.

NEWS STORY Explosion kills pizza delivery man